The Pursuit of Acting: Working Actors Share Their Experience and Advice

Alfonso is thirty-eight years old and has been pursuing
acting professionally for six years. He is originally from Los Angeles and has trained with acting teachers there. His
film credits include featured roles in Kiss the Girls, The
American President, Seven, The Shawshank Redemption,
and a voice-over in Bopha. In theatre, his credits include Man of La Mancha, The Visit, H.M.S. Pinafore, Guys and
Dolls, and A View from the Bridge. He has also filmed a
commercial for British Petroleum that will be shown in South Africa.

I've always liked attention and I've always been talented in the arts.
The thing that kicked me over the edge, though, was watching my dad, Morgan Freeman, succeed. I've always been acting, but I had never
gone after it professionally. When I got laid off from my job of thirteen
years in aerospace, the next day I said, "I'm an actor." My dad succeeded, why can't I? I decided to challenge myself in the arts because
that's where I have my greatest strength, and that's where I have my
greatest love.

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